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>> guest: well, president obama, a week before his election in 2008, said, his own words, we are a week away from fundamentally changing the united states of america. if you look at the constitution and its overriding purpose, is as an instrument that is structured to put a check on the growth, the power, and the intrusion of government, the way that you grow and expand the power of the central government, is to change the constitution or to ignore it. and so what we did, ken and i, in "the blueprint" was to do an expo say on the activities of the obama administration to fundamentally ignore, go around, under, or over, the constitution, and so we saw, and we see, the constitution as being the big rock in the road to the president's promise to fundamentally change the united states of america. >> host: is it different than what other presidents have done? >> guest: there have been times within our 236 years of existence where presidents have tried to concentrate power in the central government. richard nixon used his powers to expand the powers of the central government through a variety
>> guest: well, president obama, a week before his election in 2008, said, his own words, we are a week away from fundamentally changing the united states of america. if you look at the constitution and its overriding purpose, is as an instrument that is structured to put a check on the growth, the power, and the intrusion of government, the way that you grow and expand the power of the central government, is to change the constitution or to ignore it. and so what we did, ken and i, in...
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but the midterm election. if there are people out there in light of a bloody let's cut the one. you can't participate in the mainstream american life of a melody. travel, check into tell, cash a check, antar government building, rent a video. he can hardly do anything. instead the critics rather than try to help people get ideas simply yell racism further exacerbating the racial political tensions. chris dodd who crafted a bipartisan lecturer -- reform bill after the florida miltown was quoted as saying the goal of american law should be to make it easy to vote and hard to achieve. we are americans. we can do both. to civil rights. one is the right to never be prevented or intimidated from voting. we had a history in many states. poll tax, literacy test, bizarre registration hours. we passed the civil rights law to prevent that. the second city right not to have your vote canceled up by someone who is an illegal alien, and died, voting twice, or someone who does not even exist. that to file its your sole right
but the midterm election. if there are people out there in light of a bloody let's cut the one. you can't participate in the mainstream american life of a melody. travel, check into tell, cash a check, antar government building, rent a video. he can hardly do anything. instead the critics rather than try to help people get ideas simply yell racism further exacerbating the racial political tensions. chris dodd who crafted a bipartisan lecturer -- reform bill after the florida miltown was quoted...
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he cannot get elected. >> i want to address that head-on. why are the catholic bishops taking this on right now? i think this idea, we are not talking about religious freedom in this country. we talking about religious freedom is to choose accordingly. >> spot to pay for -- not to pay for it. >> what private health insurance plans white offer. >> let me throw this out there. santorum surge, first of all, does anyone think he can get the nomination? secondly, is his surge is the message there that there are a whole lot of people we didn't realize existed in this country that want to ban birth control and support him? or that the primaries and caucuses have such low turnout and it's fringe turnout and it's older, white, christian evangelical turnout? >> i think it's the latter. they have been unrepresented of the republican party. i would love to see rick santorum get the republican nomination. because i want this to be a referendum on concerted marriage on gay marriage and abortion. i want them to be refutated in 50 states. and then we can mo
he cannot get elected. >> i want to address that head-on. why are the catholic bishops taking this on right now? i think this idea, we are not talking about religious freedom in this country. we talking about religious freedom is to choose accordingly. >> spot to pay for -- not to pay for it. >> what private health insurance plans white offer. >> let me throw this out there. santorum surge, first of all, does anyone think he can get the nomination? secondly, is his surge...
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elected to the u.s. senate in 2000, he brought common sense jeffersonian conservative principles to washington and he strove to make congress, like families live within their means by pushing for budget reforms, real budget reforms like a balanced budget amendment and the line-item veto and the paycheck penalty for congress when they failed to pass appropriation bills on time and he led the fight to keep the internet tax-free. now he's running for senate for re-election again and this tuesday he received the party's nomination. so he's off and running in the general election with the blueprint for america's comeback, a pro-growth action plan for jobs, competitiveness, freedom and opportunity for all. ladies and gentlemen, it is my distinct honor and privilege to introduce to you a great virginian and a true conservative leader and an original fighter, my friend, george allen. ♪ ♪ ♪ >> laenl, freedom-loving patriots, good afternoon. it is a good afternoon and thank you for that very kind and invigor
elected to the u.s. senate in 2000, he brought common sense jeffersonian conservative principles to washington and he strove to make congress, like families live within their means by pushing for budget reforms, real budget reforms like a balanced budget amendment and the line-item veto and the paycheck penalty for congress when they failed to pass appropriation bills on time and he led the fight to keep the internet tax-free. now he's running for senate for re-election again and this tuesday...
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a midterm election is an election when two out of five eligible voters vote, and they would normally be skewed towards older more conservative people. a midterm election that is held after one party takes the presidency and both houses of congress is always going to lead to a pushback in the other direction. this election was also occurring during a prolonged economic downturn that was alarming to many. that has to account for why the tea party was much touted in the media, and the media was having a lot of impact on the kinds of republicans that run. we show this one. during 2011, grass-roots tea partiers change their tactics after the election. they stopped mounting public demonstrations as often, and the right-wing media wasn't as interested in covering public demonstration. the media, as a whole, was more interested in finding national spokespeople to tell them what the tea party wanted. they would put the head of freedom works, a former business lobbyists, a former leader of the republican party in the 1990s, on the camera to speak for the grass-roots insurgency that he said he
a midterm election is an election when two out of five eligible voters vote, and they would normally be skewed towards older more conservative people. a midterm election that is held after one party takes the presidency and both houses of congress is always going to lead to a pushback in the other direction. this election was also occurring during a prolonged economic downturn that was alarming to many. that has to account for why the tea party was much touted in the media, and the media was...
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that is how the republicans won the election in 2010. that is not the argument he is making. >> his problem is one of trust. a report published that asked the question who you would buy a used car from. rick santorum or mitt romney. rick santorum won big. with women, even a greater margin. mitt romney's problem is he talks out of both sides of his mouth. >> what came up today was the question of the redistribution of income. >> i actually believe in redistribution at least at a certain level to make sure that everybody has a shot. >> this idea of redistribution follows from the idea that if you have a business, you did not build it. >> that obama comment was recorded 14 years ago. how is that working? >> i do not think you can come back with something that small. that was a tiny portion it remark that was about how we should let the market work. it is taken out of context. call me crazy, but that is not that bad. we have to give people a shot. >> but we already redistribute income. >> yeah, but woozy liberal. we had joe the plumber in 20
that is how the republicans won the election in 2010. that is not the argument he is making. >> his problem is one of trust. a report published that asked the question who you would buy a used car from. rick santorum or mitt romney. rick santorum won big. with women, even a greater margin. mitt romney's problem is he talks out of both sides of his mouth. >> what came up today was the question of the redistribution of income. >> i actually believe in redistribution at least at...
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it would hur a president-elect romney if that were to come to pass. what do you think? >> i'm off the opinion rather than trying to get overall tax refo in one big huge package, that wl take a year afr romney's elected. my advice to him, break it up into pieces and immediately start passing something to show the american people we will help them. corporate nng tax, many democrats agree we should lower it. why don't we lower the corporate income tax andot make it part of some 2,000 page bill. les just lower the coorate inme tax and if people say, that will add to the deficit, let's all offset it wi spending cuts. neil: what about the romney position, when i comes t, with lowering tes for across board particularly for the rich? that itill be revenue neutral? i take enough credits deductions allowances away. it is a wash. the rich will remain paying 60% of the taxes as they do now? but his big emphasis seems to be in these debates, senator, it is revee neutral. that struck many as a surprise, and they were expecting a big tax cut and now they fear looking at big tax cut. m
it would hur a president-elect romney if that were to come to pass. what do you think? >> i'm off the opinion rather than trying to get overall tax refo in one big huge package, that wl take a year afr romney's elected. my advice to him, break it up into pieces and immediately start passing something to show the american people we will help them. corporate nng tax, many democrats agree we should lower it. why don't we lower the corporate income tax andot make it part of some 2,000 page...
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see me about that after the election. now, people ask me all the time, how we got four surplus budgets in a row. what new ideas did we bring to washington? i always give a one word answer. arithmetic. arithmetic. if they stay with this $5 trillion tax cut plan in a debt reduction plan, the arithmetic tells us, no matter what they say, one of three things is about to happen. one, assuming they try to do what they say they will do, they cover it be deductions and cutting those deductions, one, they will have to eliminate so many deductions, like the ones for home mortgages and charitable giving that middle class families will see their tax bills go up an average of $2,000 while anybody who makes three idea or more will see their tax bill go down $250,000. or, two, they will have to cut so much spending that they will obliterate the budget for the national parks, for ensuring, clear clean air, safe food and air travel, and cut back on pelle grants, student loans, child nutrition problems that empower middle class families an
see me about that after the election. now, people ask me all the time, how we got four surplus budgets in a row. what new ideas did we bring to washington? i always give a one word answer. arithmetic. arithmetic. if they stay with this $5 trillion tax cut plan in a debt reduction plan, the arithmetic tells us, no matter what they say, one of three things is about to happen. one, assuming they try to do what they say they will do, they cover it be deductions and cutting those deductions, one,...
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. >> mitt romney has become the 2012 elections man of constant sorrow. ever since "mother jones" published a video in which he appears to write off half the country last may well talking to donors in florida. scott brown and republican george allen. >> you said nearly half the country see themselves as victims? >> no. i love very positively peacoat you disagree with governor romney? >> i have my own point of view. >> my guess would be george allen wished he did not have to answer questions like that. >> i think he did not answer questions like that. the reason that statement was so bad is because it was mitt romney is point of view. pcs nearly half the country as moochers who want a handout from government. he does not understand why they don't just borrow from their parents or take money from their trust funds. he does not agree that the poor and the sick should add slightly to the taxes of millionaires and billionaires said they can squandered money on dialysis. >> is this a bump in the road? >> it is a huge pot hole but it is not lethal. the debates a
. >> mitt romney has become the 2012 elections man of constant sorrow. ever since "mother jones" published a video in which he appears to write off half the country last may well talking to donors in florida. scott brown and republican george allen. >> you said nearly half the country see themselves as victims? >> no. i love very positively peacoat you disagree with governor romney? >> i have my own point of view. >> my guess would be george allen wished...
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that's how i got elected. and that's how the big accomplishments like healthcare got done. >> the president today threw in the white flag of surrender again! he said he can't change washington from inside, he can only change it from outside! well, we are going to give him that chance in november. he's going outside. >> and he changed the slogan to no, i can't. i can't change it. >> let me tell you, ronald reagan changed washington, george herbert washington bush helped change washington. they changed it not from the inside or the outside, you change it from the top. everyone wants bipartisanship. by part tan ship happens if the president wants bipartisan ship. i had a president that want it had, we had to go in and it a bipartisan clean air bill, we did a bipartisan americans with disabilities act, and a a budget bill when we had almost no republicans. president is the one that can create bipartisan ship and this guy has failed. >> here's the last question i want to ask you. we have a dead ambassador, two dead
that's how i got elected. and that's how the big accomplishments like healthcare got done. >> the president today threw in the white flag of surrender again! he said he can't change washington from inside, he can only change it from outside! well, we are going to give him that chance in november. he's going outside. >> and he changed the slogan to no, i can't. i can't change it. >> let me tell you, ronald reagan changed washington, george herbert washington bush helped change...
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okay, a normal election year, the president running for re-election leads his part. he is the standard bearer, but not this year. i will give you one example. heidi hidecamp, the attorney general of north dakota was asked about her president, our president, president obama. she said -- democrat -- i think he has failed in the one test america had for him, to unite the country... >> other than that, he's great. failing every test. this is a democrat! >> the first rule of tolpolitics is to get elected and the second rule is get re-elected. she is trying to get elected and those politics work for her at this time. but i guarantee you at the convention, she will be singing a different song. >> that's what i started to say, not just that, but west virginia, missouri, montana, pennsylvania, they are all running away from his positions on same-sex marriage, on energy policy, on no votes for his own budget. look, his own party's having trouble with him. but i will say this, it depends on who shows up to vote. we are taking nothing for granted because we are going to turn out
okay, a normal election year, the president running for re-election leads his part. he is the standard bearer, but not this year. i will give you one example. heidi hidecamp, the attorney general of north dakota was asked about her president, our president, president obama. she said -- democrat -- i think he has failed in the one test america had for him, to unite the country... >> other than that, he's great. failing every test. this is a democrat! >> the first rule of tolpolitics...
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this exclusive video will turn this election, the news media and historically patriarchal society, your eyes will be opened, your senses awakened and then receive a phone call in which a little girl's voice will tell you that are you going it die in seven days. (laughter) i'm being told the last part is the premise of the film the ring. i've got a video here. once i find a machine that can play vhs tapes-- (laughter) >> boom! this is the daily show. >> march 8th, 2012. from come dae central's world news headquarters in new york this is the daily show with jon stewart. captioning sponsored by comedy central ( cheers and applause ) >> jon: welcome back. i hope you used those 15 seconds of tleem music to brace yourself because we have a great show for you tonight. my guest is-- the oh the dramatic buildup, huge, hauj news regarding a video tape that for the past minute or so everybody has been talk approximating about. (laughter) it involves sean hannity, a powerful member of the elite med why with some extremely troubling connection. last nature as is my cuss dom requests tomorrow i was h
this exclusive video will turn this election, the news media and historically patriarchal society, your eyes will be opened, your senses awakened and then receive a phone call in which a little girl's voice will tell you that are you going it die in seven days. (laughter) i'm being told the last part is the premise of the film the ring. i've got a video here. once i find a machine that can play vhs tapes-- (laughter) >> boom! this is the daily show. >> march 8th, 2012. from come dae...
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all of this is unfolding days after the election. who better to address the concerns then rudy giuliani. good to have you. what do you make of this? >> when i heard about this a first impression was terrorist attack. i started to have people telling me this was a big cover-up, a big disaster, the administration sitting on this for months. they wanted to make it look like an obama success. this i think has been a situation in which a disaster took place, didn't have to happen, didn't put the election of iraq obama ahead neil: may brew a hole through the wall in the compound and i forgot about that because that would have been telltale. when did that happen? >> that happened in june. >> people want to know was there a smoking gun. no, there was a smoking cannon. they blew a hole in the wall of the consulate. neil: would that come up? >> if it didn't, we have a president so incompetent he should resign. it is totally impossible president obama wasn't briefed they blew a hole in the wall of that consulate. why does that consulate not get
all of this is unfolding days after the election. who better to address the concerns then rudy giuliani. good to have you. what do you make of this? >> when i heard about this a first impression was terrorist attack. i started to have people telling me this was a big cover-up, a big disaster, the administration sitting on this for months. they wanted to make it look like an obama success. this i think has been a situation in which a disaster took place, didn't have to happen, didn't put...
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but, of course, most of the actual republicans who were actually elected back then were elected because they ran ads like this. >> congressman brad ellsworth said he would protect our seniors. but when he got to washington, congressman ellsworth voted for the largest cuts in medicare history, over $500 billion. robin carnahan supports $500 billion in medicare cuts, hurting seniors most. rand paul doesn't support higher medicare deductibles for seniors. conway distracts with negative ads to hide his support for obama care, which cuts medicare by $500 billion. >> that was 2010. fast forward to this year's election and the same principle carries through. each side tried to convince voters that the other guy wanted to take the hatchet to medicare. >> the biggest, coldest power play of all in obama care came at the expense of the elderly. $716 billion, funneled out of medicare by president obama >> my plan's already extended medicare by nearly a decade. their plan ends medicare as we know it. >> on medicare, for current retirees, he's cutting is $716 billion from the program. i can't underst
but, of course, most of the actual republicans who were actually elected back then were elected because they ran ads like this. >> congressman brad ellsworth said he would protect our seniors. but when he got to washington, congressman ellsworth voted for the largest cuts in medicare history, over $500 billion. robin carnahan supports $500 billion in medicare cuts, hurting seniors most. rand paul doesn't support higher medicare deductibles for seniors. conway distracts with negative ads...
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it's that experience he says should get him elected. it's the way he tends to governor, by celebrating mass tax cuts for the rich and deregulation. bain is appropriate, talking about ba about bain is essential. corporations do what they want, and by some business osmosis jobs are
it's that experience he says should get him elected. it's the way he tends to governor, by celebrating mass tax cuts for the rich and deregulation. bain is appropriate, talking about ba about bain is essential. corporations do what they want, and by some business osmosis jobs are
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. >> this is an election about onomics. if the economy doesn't perform well, he has a real proem, as you can see in the debates be one but you know the numbers that we wod get from corporate america, and alcoa today, even though these were better numbers than expected, they were still about numbers. we got some penguins, ironically, from china, it is the forecast we worry about, the voters responded dismal forecast on their bs? >> i don't think that voters do, but i ink that shareholders do. i think that the stock market is down a lot in anticipation of attacks with taxmaggedon and that would affect the market substantiall neil: what do you make of money ming in overwhelmingly. they are not hedging. >> thing that amazes me, if i can really b honest with you is why is anyone giving a money to obama? what segment of the economy is better off today than they would have been before. >> and. neil: they are not like you. a lot of them follow the guy they think will win. they even go against their own dna to throw money at at them
. >> this is an election about onomics. if the economy doesn't perform well, he has a real proem, as you can see in the debates be one but you know the numbers that we wod get from corporate america, and alcoa today, even though these were better numbers than expected, they were still about numbers. we got some penguins, ironically, from china, it is the forecast we worry about, the voters responded dismal forecast on their bs? >> i don't think that voters do, but i ink that...
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you do not have to settle this election. you do not have to resign yourself to the faith that this country will be less in the future than it was in the past. you have an opportunity. i say you have an obligation. you have the power and more importantly you have the constitution on your side to make conservative change. go forth. build a better nation based on those founding principles. take this country back and let the grand experiment of freedom the world has ever seen go forward. [applause] go forward powerfully pyrrhic it is in your hands and through your hands. god will bless you and you in turn will -- and he in turn will continue to bless this great country of america. god bless you and thank you. [applause] [captioning performed by national captioning institute] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2012] >> the conservative political action conference also from former presidential candidate herman cain. this is about 20 minutes. i doubt there is anybody in this room not aware of his dynamic and unclenc
you do not have to settle this election. you do not have to resign yourself to the faith that this country will be less in the future than it was in the past. you have an opportunity. i say you have an obligation. you have the power and more importantly you have the constitution on your side to make conservative change. go forth. build a better nation based on those founding principles. take this country back and let the grand experiment of freedom the world has ever seen go forward. [applause]...
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because -- >> elections matter. the president will be in a position to drive this process forward. congress will get a message. there have been a lot of discussion about the fist clat clift. i have think the reality is congress has a challenge making hard decisons when there aren't consequences. >> the answer al to the question i ask you what i would most want to know when he considers the possibility he may very well be re-elected, what is it he feels he will be unrestrained to do? how does he think about this? i mean, how does he look at what will be the political realities? in terms of where i think i can take this country that i could not before? >> i think he's laid out a pretty clear vig and he will tomorrow night further. i think his ideas are clear, his beliefs are clear. >> are they big ideas? >> building an economy that will last, that will create manufacturing jobs for the future. technological base to be the world's leading, driving force to be competitive in fields we run the risk of falling behind in.
because -- >> elections matter. the president will be in a position to drive this process forward. congress will get a message. there have been a lot of discussion about the fist clat clift. i have think the reality is congress has a challenge making hard decisons when there aren't consequences. >> the answer al to the question i ask you what i would most want to know when he considers the possibility he may very well be re-elected, what is it he feels he will be unrestrained to do?...
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i mean, as a new jersey elected official, that's what he believes. i mean, a lot of people who work in the financial sector live in his state, and yes, cory booker is looking at statewide runs. we've been talking about cory booker as both a statewide potential -- >> i guess i missed the point here. he said he's a surrogate for obama's campaign, erin. was he a surrogate for the campaign on sunday or basically a saboteur? >> he was freelancing. >> i disagree. he was attacking the obama campaign. attacking. isn't that what he was doing? >> that's certainly the impact of what he did. did he sit down before the show and say, i'm going to go out and i'm going to sabotage the obama campaign? i kind of doubt that he did that. anything is possible, but if you're kind of looking for the demachinations and what was in the back of his mind, was he staking out in some radical direction, i think that's what he meant to do. i think he wouldn't have come back later in the day with a youtube video that sought to take back what he said. i think he was trying to walk a
i mean, as a new jersey elected official, that's what he believes. i mean, a lot of people who work in the financial sector live in his state, and yes, cory booker is looking at statewide runs. we've been talking about cory booker as both a statewide potential -- >> i guess i missed the point here. he said he's a surrogate for obama's campaign, erin. was he a surrogate for the campaign on sunday or basically a saboteur? >> he was freelancing. >> i disagree. he was attacking...
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monitoring the election. if there are any irregularities, business, front you can bet that this would go to court. we can only a few thousand votes away from john kerry challenging him on election results, and the could have watched the same process. the dean of american global scientists as we of the sloppy a selection systems of any industrialized democracy. that was true then minister now. we still have time to take remedial steps will the election to minimize the sloppiness, incompetents, and from. from has distorted history in american life. it just like to be decent and animals college students. and live in new jersey, one of the most corrupt political machines ever. the men there for 40 years. what it @booktv? because of its wooden ones. in 1935 be honest about association, the do that is another day some 245 princeton, students to one of the election. the beat of five of them within the or the arrival. several others went to the mayor's office to protest. will you fellows go back, but if he ever get k
monitoring the election. if there are any irregularities, business, front you can bet that this would go to court. we can only a few thousand votes away from john kerry challenging him on election results, and the could have watched the same process. the dean of american global scientists as we of the sloppy a selection systems of any industrialized democracy. that was true then minister now. we still have time to take remedial steps will the election to minimize the sloppiness, incompetents,...
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there is too much for them to say what they need to to get elected. the campaigns are not public policy seminars. they are going to do what politicians have been doing for centuries. where i think we can have some effect, and i think where the evidence is coming out today that there is some effect, we can help those voters that care, and a lot of them do not. they are just going to vote for their person, no matter what, and they do not want to hear it, whether the candidate is saying something wrong -- that is fine. and you will hear more about this later. i think what the data is showing is that those who click into some sort of fact checking web site have better knowledge of what the issues are than those that do not. i think that is good for democracy. i think some of these results are pretty depressing about the general level of ignorance. they are exacerbating that rather than helping it in some cases, so we provide something of an antidote for that. that is my view. do you add to that? rebuttals? >> i write for voters, not politicians, and a lar
there is too much for them to say what they need to to get elected. the campaigns are not public policy seminars. they are going to do what politicians have been doing for centuries. where i think we can have some effect, and i think where the evidence is coming out today that there is some effect, we can help those voters that care, and a lot of them do not. they are just going to vote for their person, no matter what, and they do not want to hear it, whether the candidate is saying something...
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there are one or two of you out there who are still at the edge of your seat, waiting for the general election to officially begin. wait no more, because this week offered no-looking-back evidence that barack obama and mitt romney are in their corners, and the bell just rang. the fight, as well outline tonight, will be about policy as well as politics. example number one -- the president this week challenged republicans to extend low interest rates for a college loan program. romney said yes, they should be kept low. but for congressional republicans, there was a catch. the house voted today for the extension, but only if the cost comes out of the presidents health care plan. the white house, in response, called it a "politically motivated proposal and not the serious response that the problem facing americas college students deserves." and a vetoo threat was promptly issued. is this the kind of fight we are just going to have to get used to this year? >> i think so. i think it's going to get uglier. this entire campaign is operating in a time of scarcity. trillion-dollar deficits and every pe
there are one or two of you out there who are still at the edge of your seat, waiting for the general election to officially begin. wait no more, because this week offered no-looking-back evidence that barack obama and mitt romney are in their corners, and the bell just rang. the fight, as well outline tonight, will be about policy as well as politics. example number one -- the president this week challenged republicans to extend low interest rates for a college loan program. romney said yes,...
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the winds have calmed in tampa, florida and delegates have nominated their candidate for the election in november. a tropical storm curtailed the first day of the convention. now delegates are back selling romney to the american people. they adopted a platform to push for a smaller government. the plan calls for cutting the deficit, relaxing regulations, and lowering taxes for all levels of income. they criticize the obama administration for reducing the military budget. the republicans are the party of peace through strength. romney has worked for years for the nomination, but many wonder what he stands for. nhk "world's" matt field reports from tampa. >> reporter: mitt romney says he has the experience to lead something he says president barack obama has not led. an economic recovery. >> we will get the economy going again with more jobs and more take home pay. >> reporter: voters four years ago bought obama's promises of change. but republicans and democrats remain divided. and the jobless rate is stuck above 8%. >> people who did vote for him are just as disappointed as anyone els
the winds have calmed in tampa, florida and delegates have nominated their candidate for the election in november. a tropical storm curtailed the first day of the convention. now delegates are back selling romney to the american people. they adopted a platform to push for a smaller government. the plan calls for cutting the deficit, relaxing regulations, and lowering taxes for all levels of income. they criticize the obama administration for reducing the military budget. the republicans are the...
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something to do with the elections. what he said when i asked why this information was not released. because of a classified nature of that activity. then normally would not release this information. i think that is strange credulity, but i do think it did not want to make an active war. they pbed, tried to shoot it down, failed. it does not say much for their capabilities. lou: your thoughts. >> well, i think it is outrageous that the justification for not releasing the infoation before the election was that he mission was classified. it is okay to release today. i think that demonstratesthis is simply a pretext. i think that what we have here is the clear indication that they are prepared to try to shoot down u.s. drones. it did find one u.s. drone on its territory about a year ago. they claim they shot it down. we claim it came down becausof defects in the drug itself. obviously it would be a big price for the iranians to shoot down one f ours and be able to prove it this time. lou: go ahead. >> i think the informati
something to do with the elections. what he said when i asked why this information was not released. because of a classified nature of that activity. then normally would not release this information. i think that is strange credulity, but i do think it did not want to make an active war. they pbed, tried to shoot it down, failed. it does not say much for their capabilities. lou: your thoughts. >> well, i think it is outrageous that the justification for not releasing the infoation before...
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all right, so you are elected president. go ahead. go ahead. >> it is the same. but the point is look what you have here is yes, it is like 2010. the economy was the most important issue. healthcare was the most decisive in the end. okay. what you have is the economy is now much worse and much bigger. but this healthcare thing goes with the economy in a way. but it goes to something else, too. the anger and motivation -- romney who you have ron paul people today, you have people who couldn't mention his name rallying romney like he was the white knight, you know this has happened and it it is because his argument is simple me or obama care. me or the president's plan. what i'm saying is that the senate and house the other part of country, the republicans were headed for what i thought was a very close election win to take the senate. they may take it by a low temperature. you put people on the spot. let me tell you the irs issue is still a go, too. you know, 16,000 agents. this is not -- >> understood. you are genius. i am just like worshiping at your yoda robes
all right, so you are elected president. go ahead. go ahead. >> it is the same. but the point is look what you have here is yes, it is like 2010. the economy was the most important issue. healthcare was the most decisive in the end. okay. what you have is the economy is now much worse and much bigger. but this healthcare thing goes with the economy in a way. but it goes to something else, too. the anger and motivation -- romney who you have ron paul people today, you have people who...
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senator bob portman was elected in 2010 with 57% of the vote. john kasik, a very conservative republican, was elected governor. but there's a base in ohio to support a candidacy like josh mandel. he's a young looking guy in his mid-30s is whether he has the depth and experience to step up to the senate level against someone like sherrod brown. that's what voters are trying to figure out about him right now. >> let's give viewers a shot at the both of them and how a couple of the ads that are running in this race. >> here we go, fans. sherrod brown steps on the field. i have to say unhis leadership ohio hasn't fared well. 287,000 jobs dropped. brown falls book for supporting the healthcare bell that cuts 700 billion from medicare spending. looks like a penalty. >> voting with obama 97% of the time. that will cost taxpayers 500 billion in tacks. >> he can't compete as long as sherrod brown is calling the shots. >> the trade deficit that china has cost the united states almost 3 million jobs. >> sherrod brawn is calling for action against cheating
senator bob portman was elected in 2010 with 57% of the vote. john kasik, a very conservative republican, was elected governor. but there's a base in ohio to support a candidacy like josh mandel. he's a young looking guy in his mid-30s is whether he has the depth and experience to step up to the senate level against someone like sherrod brown. that's what voters are trying to figure out about him right now. >> let's give viewers a shot at the both of them and how a couple of the ads that...
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scott walker wins governor of wisconsin again, winning the special recall election, called by opponents of his policies and supported by unions and some in the liberal media. here is one reaction. >> this is not going to be an easy night for many broadcasters, who are liberal. this is not going to be an easy night for this broadcaster to say that many' shocked and stunned is pretty much an understatement. >> jon: so there you had it, ed schultz from msnbc. was his reaction typical, jim? >> i think the media sort of had four reactions overall. one was, it was clearly bad for liberals, and see-- and they had to process that, second of all, couldn't get too negative and down beat. that would undercut president obama's momentum and the exit poll, even the exit poll was discredited and proven wrong and said afterwards, of course, obama won the exit poll vote and the third story line, and the fourth story line, what got into bill clinton or has he gotten too old? in politico talked about. >> jon: one of the story lines, too, judy, why did this recall election ever make it in the first place.
scott walker wins governor of wisconsin again, winning the special recall election, called by opponents of his policies and supported by unions and some in the liberal media. here is one reaction. >> this is not going to be an easy night for many broadcasters, who are liberal. this is not going to be an easy night for this broadcaster to say that many' shocked and stunned is pretty much an understatement. >> jon: so there you had it, ed schultz from msnbc. was his reaction typical,...
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. >> despite the efforts of democrats and their supporters-- ♪ >> scott walker wins the recall election and keeps his job as wisconsin governor, but many in the liberal press are in denial. >> it's disappointing, i know, that this is going to be the result. it's not the end. >> kelly: and recall supporters, somewhat dilutional. >> democracy died tonight, it's emotional. >> i'm emotional because we had a lot of invested in this. >> bill clinton making news as mr. obama's numbero uno surrogate. >> i don't have any problem extending all of it now. is it the news the obama campaign was hoping for? >> he's a double agent. >> the new york times publishes stories based on high level leaks, details which could put our nation at risk and congress wants it to stop. >> and there's been just a cascade of leaks coming out of the intelligence community over the last several weeks and it's our clear intention to put a stop to this. >> who is behind the leaks and should the press play along? barbara walters, the grand dame at abc, gets, syria assad, paying back the favor for one of his former aides. wh
. >> despite the efforts of democrats and their supporters-- ♪ >> scott walker wins the recall election and keeps his job as wisconsin governor, but many in the liberal press are in denial. >> it's disappointing, i know, that this is going to be the result. it's not the end. >> kelly: and recall supporters, somewhat dilutional. >> democracy died tonight, it's emotional. >> i'm emotional because we had a lot of invested in this. >> bill clinton making...
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so president obama won the election. what happened afterwards? "the new york times" explains the matter may have lost some urgency after november 6th. oh okay great. now that they're become in charge, get back to it without any clear rules. listen to what president obama said in october when he went on the daily show and talked about the zone strikes. >> one of the things we got to do is put a legal architecture in place and we need congressional help to do that, to make sure that not own only am i reined in but other presidents are reined in. >> there's the president of the united states of america say be saying i am not reined in. there is no legal architecture for how we're doing these killings. don't sugarcoat it. a drone strike is not a video game. they drop a bomb, and everybody underneath the bomb dies. sometimes it's kids. sometimes it's women. sometimes it's men. times we don't know who we're killing. when it was first started it was specifically targeted at known al-qaida leaders. now, not so much. quote for several years first in pakis
so president obama won the election. what happened afterwards? "the new york times" explains the matter may have lost some urgency after november 6th. oh okay great. now that they're become in charge, get back to it without any clear rules. listen to what president obama said in october when he went on the daily show and talked about the zone strikes. >> one of the things we got to do is put a legal architecture in place and we need congressional help to do that, to make sure...
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they don't care about the election cycle politics. if 2012, they're going to lose all the midwest governorships they won in 2010 because they got the guys in in 2010 and have them run like they are alabama. wisconsin is not alabama. they're going to lose that. and -- [applause] that dynamic doesn't exist on the left. there's no group pulling the democratic party to the left. how do progressives pull the democratic party to the left? discuss. [laughter] okay. we're going to do three more questions. >> go ahead. >> thank you for the work that you do and the long hours to increase the amount of the useful information that we have to work with. >> thank you. >> in large part through what i've learned from your show, i've begun to reality we have shadow army of private contractors who do fight in our name. it's not under our honor, per se, and i'm wondering who has the leverage to dial down those forces when that becomes, you know, i think before it comes a point of crisis. >> this is one of these things that i think is do able. and you wi
they don't care about the election cycle politics. if 2012, they're going to lose all the midwest governorships they won in 2010 because they got the guys in in 2010 and have them run like they are alabama. wisconsin is not alabama. they're going to lose that. and -- [applause] that dynamic doesn't exist on the left. there's no group pulling the democratic party to the left. how do progressives pull the democratic party to the left? discuss. [laughter] okay. we're going to do three more...
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this is supposed to be good for obama's re-election chances. don't count out the possibility that the data starts to get weaker in the weeks and months ahead. we've seen this for the last couple of years. if we're heading into the summer maybe being look at the importance of the conventions suddenly in this g.o.p. process, maybe when the economy starts to worsen, that affects the way people vote. people who made the economy their top priority voted for newt gingrich yesterday. >> in florida, entitlements will be important. mitt romney has spent the last months talking about his opposition to an entitlement society. and being in favor of an opportunity society. but you've got a lot of people down in florida who are on entitlements, on medicare and social security and don't want to see it messed with by the federal government. so it's going to be interesting to see how both.... >> schieffer: 20 seconds left. do you think we're going to have a brokered convention here? if we do, will we remember how to cover it? >> i certainly won't. you might. >>
this is supposed to be good for obama's re-election chances. don't count out the possibility that the data starts to get weaker in the weeks and months ahead. we've seen this for the last couple of years. if we're heading into the summer maybe being look at the importance of the conventions suddenly in this g.o.p. process, maybe when the economy starts to worsen, that affects the way people vote. people who made the economy their top priority voted for newt gingrich yesterday. >> in...
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no doubt issues such as abortion and immigration will fact tour this year's election campaign and helped galvanize the right, but the economy is almost certain to be a major subject of contention and tom's book makes important points to keep in mind. he shows for instance how the republicans at least so far have been more successful than democrats in defining terms of the debate and his essential argument about the right having provided a compelling vehicle for popular anger is a significant consideration. i'm sure tom will have other interesting points to make this evening i will turn and make a phone hang in a second. first let me remind you all please to censor cell phones if you haven't already. tom clancy speak for 15 or 20 minutes and then he will take questions. if you have a question, please step up to the microphone that we have been the center. as you can tell, we have c-span this evening and would like to record all of our events to make them available on the website. so now please join me in welcoming thomas frank. [applause] >> the first thing i want to say i was very kind o
no doubt issues such as abortion and immigration will fact tour this year's election campaign and helped galvanize the right, but the economy is almost certain to be a major subject of contention and tom's book makes important points to keep in mind. he shows for instance how the republicans at least so far have been more successful than democrats in defining terms of the debate and his essential argument about the right having provided a compelling vehicle for popular anger is a significant...
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they're paying to get someone elected. why are they paying to get them elected? it's a question we have to ask again and again. we could get the money. it's not something we like the sound of. that's "hardball" for now. thanks for being with us. >> "the ed show" starts right now. >> welcome to the "the ed show" i'm in for ed schultz. today in ohio, mitt romney took a poke at the president and the president responded with a thundering counter punch. this is "the ed show" and as ed would say, let's get to work. >> i don't believe that giving someone like mr. romney another huge tax cut is worth ending the guarantee of basic security that we have provided the elderly and sick and those actively working for work. >> the president lays out his vision for america and dismantles the romney approach. >> there's nothing new, just what bill clinton has called the same ideas they have tried before except on steroids. >> the speeches today were epic. we will have the fallout. >> talk is cheap, action speaks very loud. the talk is cheap. >> talk may be cheap but political ads
they're paying to get someone elected. why are they paying to get them elected? it's a question we have to ask again and again. we could get the money. it's not something we like the sound of. that's "hardball" for now. thanks for being with us. >> "the ed show" starts right now. >> welcome to the "the ed show" i'm in for ed schultz. today in ohio, mitt romney took a poke at the president and the president responded with a thundering counter punch. this...